Probably old thread but heck, ill answer c4t. I did similar to what you did. I had a laptop with no wifi, I would piggyback off of networks with no security and play through there. Then the internet would drop, but eventually, I got internet and started to play more frequently, I learned about texture sets and loved art during that time and started to draw more. I joined a clan and enjoyed making art for them. Eventually, my grades were not doing well, so I became inactive and focused on real life stuff. When I came back the clan was dead.
I stayed solo for a long while making art and just playing. I talked to an old TB acquaintance he told me I should join Evil, I said I'll try and apply. I applied and got in by a narrow margin, nobody in the clan knew me or heard of me but even then I still got in and made friends. I remember talking in in discord to DarkExxod, Chintu, Damano1, and Alderfox. We would play other games like minecraft or cs:go it was pretty fun. It's been a long time and much of our roster has changed but I still enjoy talking to everyone when I can.